死しぬ

also: ﾀﾋぬ

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死ぬ · godan verb (-nu)

Meanings

godan verb (-nu), intransitive verb

Standard word for dying, used for people, animals, and figuratively for things ending.

godan verb (-nu), intransitive verb

lose spirit; look dead; be exhausted

Figurative use for losing energy, looking lifeless, or being extremely tired. Often used in casual or emphatic expressions.

godan verb (-nu), intransitive verb

Used for sounds, lights, or activities stopping completely, often with a sense of finality. Less common than sense 1.

〈事こと〉で死しぬto die of/from (illness, accident, etc.)
祖そ父ふは病びょう気きで死しんだ。
My grandfather died of illness.
〈場ば所しょ〉で死しぬto die at/in (a place)
彼かれは戦せん場じょうで死しんだ。
He died on the battlefield.
〈人ひと〉に死しなれるto be affected/left behind by someone's death (passive)
母ははに死しなれて、彼かれはひとりぼっちになった。
Left behind by his mother's death, he became all alone.
死しんだふりをするto play dead; to pretend to be dead
虫むしは敵てきに襲おそわれると死しんだふりをする。
The insect plays dead when attacked by a predator.

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死し亡ぼうN3sense 1
死亡する is the formal, official term used in news reports, legal documents, and medical contexts, while 死ぬ is the everyday spoken word.
枯かれるN3sense 1
枯れる is used specifically for plants withering and dying, whereas 死ぬ is the general word that can also cover plants but applies broadly to people and animals too.
逝いく
死ぬ is the plain, blunt word for dying, while 逝く is a softer, more literary or euphemistic way to say someone has passed away.
果はてるN1
死ぬ is the plain, standard word for 'to die', while 果てる is a literary or euphemistic way of saying the same thing.

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息いきを引ひき取とるN1
死ぬ is the plain, neutral verb for 'to die', while 息を引き取る is a literary euphemism emphasizing the moment the breath stops.
死しす
死ぬ is the standard modern verb for 'to die', while 死す is its obsolete precursor used only in classical or highly formal writing.
くたばるN1
死ぬ is the neutral, standard word for 'to die', while くたばる is a rough, derogatory slang term used in anger or contempt.
旅たび立だつN1
死ぬ is the blunt, neutral word for 'to die', while 旅立つ is a softer, euphemistic way of describing death as departing on a journey.
亡なくなるN4
死ぬ is the blunt, everyday word for dying, while 亡くなる is the softer, respectful term used to show consideration for the deceased and their family.
倒たおれるN4
死ぬ is the plain, everyday word for 'to die', whereas 倒れる in this sense is literary and dramatic, often used for death in battle.
他た界かいN1
死ぬ is the plain, direct verb for 'to die', whereas 他界 is a softer, more indirect way of saying the same thing.

生いきるN4sense 1
生きる means to live or be alive, the direct opposite of 死ぬ, to die.
助たすかるN3
死ぬ means 'to die', the direct opposite of 助かる in the sense of surviving a life-threatening situation.
生うまれるN4
死ぬ 'to die' is the natural opposite of 生まれる 'to be born', marking the end versus the beginning of life.

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生いき返かえるN1
死ぬ means to die, the direct opposite of 生き返る, which means to come back to life after dying or fainting.
生いき残のこる
死ぬ means to die, the direct opposite of 生き残る, which means to remain alive.

亡なくなるpolite 丁寧語N4sense 1
亡くなる is the softer, more respectful way to say someone died, while 死ぬ is the plain, neutral verb used in everyday or clinical contexts.

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死しに絶たえる
die out; become extinct
人ひと死じに
accidental death; casualty
死しに体たい
losing posture; irrecoverable falling position · lame duck · hopeless situation
死しにかける
be dying; be about to die; be close to death
死しに目め
moment of death; one's last moments
死しに顔がお
face of a dead person; death mask
飢うえ死じに
starvation; starving to death
犬いぬ死じに
dying in vain; wasteful death
溺おぼれ死じに
death by drowning; drowning death
死しに損ぞこない
person who escaped death; failed suicide · dotard; doddering old person; person who has outlived their time
のたれ死じに
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
干ひ死しぬ
to starve to death
恋こい死じに
dying of love; lovesickness death
死しに恥はじ
posthumous disgrace; dishonor that outlives death · shame at the moment of death; dying in disgrace
死しに方かた
way to die; means of dying · quality of one's death
死しに時どき
time to die; one's appointed time of death

Native Japanese word. The kanji 死 is a pictograph of a person mourning the dead, but the reading しぬ is of native origin and not derived from Chinese.